Pallone, other Democrats say these waters ‘are too economically and ecologically important to drill’

Pallone acknowledges legislation faces tough path in GOP-led House of Representatives

The measure would keep oil rigs away from the Jersey Shore

Environmental advocates, the business community and the state are all on the same side in pushing to protect the Jersey Shore.

The attorney general is also reviewing federal court records to understand why Florida is exempt from offshore drilling while New Jersey’s request was denied.

Rep. Frank Pallone has represented Long Branch since 1988 in Congress. Pallone describes his continued push to protect the coastline from offshore drilling, and what's ...

Lots of people spent the morning soaking up rays in Asbury Park, one of 216 New Jersey beaches open for business heading into the Memorial ...

From DACA to equal pay, Sweeney moves Democratic agenda items through the state Senate.

State officials sound off against Trump administration plans to begin offshore drilling.

At the re-opening of the Taylor Pavilion in Belmar, elected officials spoke out against President Trump's executive order to start the process to allow offshore ...

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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA. The Oklahoma attorney general is a vocal climate change science skeptic and among progressive ...

Camden wins the "promise neighborhood" competition. And a federal windfall to provide kids with the tools they need to achieve. Obama's banned deep water oil ...

A turf war's shaping up over building a new Port Authority Bus Terminal. New York taking aim at New Jersey. A request to make a ...

Congressman Frank Pallone says that if the public doesn't agree with President-Elect Trump's policies on health care and climate change, they need to speak up.

The cost of cleaning up. Legislators question the proposed Exxon settlement. Home sweet home -- green building in Newark. Sparking relief for Parkinson's sufferers. And ...

Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6) says that dangers still exist with offshore drilling and that the further out drilling takes place, the greater the possibility of ...

A secret database lets the government track you. A plan for offshore drilling down south raises hackles here. The Edgewater conflagration's in the courts. And ...

Oil drilling has been approved for 50 miles off the coast of Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. Some worry if there is a ...